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  1. Editorial

    Article • Child Care in Practice, July 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  2. Editorial

    Article • Child Care in Practice, April 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  3. Participation in practice in child welfare: processes, benefits and challenges

    Article • European Journal of Social Work, November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  4. Applying Complexity-Theory Thinking to Practice, Service and System Evaluation in Complex Child Protection and Welfare (CPW) Work

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  5. Informing Practice through the Application of Complexity Theory and a Complexity ‘lens’

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  6. Introduction

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  7. Systems Complexity Theory

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  8. Systems Complexity Theory and Policymaking

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  9. Systems Complexity Theory and Practice, Service, and System Leadership

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  10. Systems Complexity in Child Protection and Welfare

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  11. The Global Challenges of Child Protection that Contribute to Complexity

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  12. Towards a Systems Complexity Framework: For Child Protection and Welfare: Key Learnings and Future Considerations

    Article • November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  13. A Critical Analysis of Early Intervention in the Irish Child Protection and Welfare System

    Article • September 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  14. Leadership Through Language, Terminology and Representation: Conceptual and Tangible Steps Towards Epistemic Justice Practices

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, September 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  15. The meaningful participation of children in matters that affect them: Child participation in the context of child protection across five European countries

    Article • Children and Youth Services Review, August 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  16. Promoting child welfare and supporting families in Europe: Multi-dimensional conceptual and developmental frameworks for national family support systems

    Article • Children and Youth Services Review, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  17. A social justice perspective on the delivery of family support

    Article • Children and Youth Services Review, April 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  18. Examining the relationship between adversity and suicidality and self-harm in Irish adolescents from 2020 to 2022

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, March 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  19. A participatory model of research with parents involved in a child protection and welfare service to inform its future strategic orientation

    Article • August 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  20. Introduction to parenting support and parental participation in children and family services

    Article • August 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  21. Key learning and final remarks

    Article • August 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  22. Parenting support and parental participation

    Article • August 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  23. Culture and parenting: Polish migrant parents’ perspectives on how culture shapes their parenting in a culturally diverse Irish neighbourhood

    Article • Journal of Family Studies, May 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  24. Youth Suicide and Self-Harm: Latent Class Profiles of Adversity and the Moderating Roles of Perceived Support and Sense of Safety

    Article • Journal of Youth and Adolescence, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  25. Incarcerated mothers’ experience of adversity heard using participatory mixed-method research

    Article • Probation Journal, December 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  26. Child, parent or family? Applying a systemic lens to the conceptualisations of Family Support in Europe

    Article • European Journal of Social Work, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney, Marisa Matias

  27. Realizing the potential of a strengths‐based approach in family support with young people and their parents

    Article • Child & Family Social Work, October 2022, Wiley

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  28. Protective Support and Supportive Protection: Critical Reflections on Safe Practice and Safety in Supervision

    Article • Social Sciences, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  29. Children’s participation in practice: comparing the views of managers and practitioners in an early intervention and prevention programme

    Article • Journal of Children s Services, March 2022, Emerald

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  30. A collaborative approach to researching the Meitheal model

    Article • October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  31. Collaborative research on Parenting Support and Parental Participation in child protection and welfare services

    Article • October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  32. Conclusion: reflections on learning from the study to inform future research

    Article • October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  33. Introducing systems change in child protection and welfare through prevention, partnership and family support

    Article • October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  34. Understanding and improving public and media awareness of family support services and supports

    Article • October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  35. Family Support and the Media in Ireland: Newspaper Content Analysis 2014–2017

    Article • Child Care in Practice, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  36. Understanding contemporary Family Support: Reflections on theoretical and conceptual frameworks

    Article • Social Work and Social Sciences Review, May 2020, Whiting & Birch, Ltd.

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  37. A Framework to Inform Protective Support and Supportive Protection in Child Protection and Welfare Practice and Supervision

    Article • Social Sciences, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  38. Editorial

    Article • Child Care in Practice, December 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  39. Exploring the multi-dimensionality of permanence and stability: Emotions, experiences and temporality in young people’s discourses about long-term foster care in Ireland

    Article • Qualitative Social Work, August 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  40. Protective Support and Supportive Protection for families

    Article • Child & Family Social Work, August 2019, Wiley

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  41. A Critical Overview of the Significance of Power and Power Relations in Practice with Children in Foster Care: Evidence from an Irish Study

    Article • Child Care in Practice, February 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  42. Practice guidance for culturally sensitive practice in working with children and families who are asylum seekers: learning from an early years study in Ireland

    Article • Child Care in Practice, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney, Sheila Garrity

  43. Re-Visioning Public Health Approaches for Protecting Children

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  44. A Good Fit? Ireland’s Programme for Prevention, Partnership and Family Support as a Public Health Approach to Child Protection

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  45. Permanence and Stability for Children in Care in Ireland

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, September 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  46. Family Support and substance use

    Article • Child Care in Practice, April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  47. An Informed Pedagogy of Community, Care, and Respect for Diversity: Evidence from a Qualitative Evaluation of Early Years Services in the West of Ireland

    Article • Child Care in Practice, July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  48. Early Implementation of a Family-Centred Practice Model in Child Welfare: Findings from an Irish Case Study

    Article • Practice, June 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  49. Promoting children's welfare through Family Support

    Article • February 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  50. Parenting Support: Policy and Practice in the Irish Context

    Article • Child Care in Practice, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  51. Hoping for a better tomorrow: a qualitative study of stressors, informal social support and parental coping in a Direct Provision centre in the West of Ireland

    Article • Journal of Family Studies, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  52. Child protection and family support practice in Ireland: a contribution to present debates from a historical perspective

    Article • Child & Family Social Work, December 2016, Wiley

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  53. Supporting incarcerated mothers in Ireland with their familial relationships; a case for the revival of the social work role

    Article • Probation Journal, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  54. Historical pathways to informal and formal help systems in Ireland

    Article • Administration, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  55. Recruiting and Retaining Older Adult Volunteers: Implications for Practice

    Article • Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rena Lyons, Dr Carmel Devaney

  56. Maintaining the mother–child relationship within the Irish prison system: the practitioner perspective

    Article • Child Care in Practice, September 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  57. A Review of Children First and Keeping Safe Training in Ireland: Implications for the Future

    Article • Child Care in Practice, April 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  58. The Value of Family Welfare Conferencing within the Child Protection and Welfare System

    Article • Child Care in Practice, April 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  59. Voice and meaning: the wisdom of Family Support veterans

    Article • Child & Family Social Work, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  60. Enhancing Family Support in Practice through Postgraduate Education

    Article • Social Work Education, December 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  61. The ethics of randomized controlled trials in social settings: can social trials be scientifically promising and must there be equipoise?

    Article • International Journal of Research & Method in Education, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rena Lyons, Dr Carmel Devaney

  62. The association between academic self-beliefs and reading achievement among children at risk of reading failure

    Article • Journal of Research in Reading, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Rena Lyons, Dr Carmel Devaney

  63. A one-to-one programme for at-risk readers

    Article • Review of Education, October 2013, Wiley

    Dr Rena Lyons, Dr Carmel Devaney

  64. A one-to-one programme for at-risk readers delivered by older adult volunteers

    Article • Review of Education, October 2013, Wiley

    Dr Rena Lyons, Dr Carmel Devaney

  65. The Role of Random Allocation in Randomized Controlled Trials: Distinguishing Selection Bias from Baseline Imbalance

    Article • Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, April 2013, The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  66. The utility of the Simple View of Reading

    Article • Journal of Education and Training Studies, March 2013, Redfame Publishing

    Dr Rena Lyons, Dr Carmel Devaney

  67. Family Support and Child Protection: Natural Bedfellows

    Article • Practice, April 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney

  68. A Family Support Model of Responding to Tragic Events

    Article • Child Care in Practice, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carmel Devaney